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Grateful Dead Live at Deer Creek Music Center on 1995-07-02

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1995-07-02 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Audience, Pete Ebel, Ryan Varnum

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Item Size: 1.2G

Set 1

Soundcheck:

Hoochie Coochie Man, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, Visions Of Johanna, Here Comes Sunshine, Here Comes Sunshine, Jesu Joy

Set 2

Here Comes Sunshine, Walkin' Blues, Dire Wolf, It's All Over Now, Broken Arrow, Desolation Row*, Tennessee Jed, Let It Grow

Set 3

Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain, Victim Or The Crime, It's All Too Much-> New Speedway Boogie-> Drums-> Space-> Attics Of My Life-> Sugar Magnolia, E: The Mighty Quinn

* Weir on acoustic. Major gate crash occurred during Desolation Row. Police moved in with tear gas. Second show was cancelled.

Addeddate: 2017-11-09 22:30:13

Identifier: gd1995-07-02.139737.cmc5-mk4.ebel-varnum.flac1644

Location: Noblesville, IN

Run time: 148:15.58

Source: <b></b>flac16/44.1khz Source Info: TS Schoeps CMC 5 MK4-> Sonosax P/S -> Sony D10 Pro II-> DAT. Transfer Info: Dat (Panasonic SV-3700) -> Marantz CDR-615 -> CD (Late 90's). Extract Wav-> Flac Level 8-> Tagged (16/44.1). Taped & Transfers by Pete Ebel & Ryan Varnum

Taped by: Pete Ebel and Ryan Varnum

Transferred by: Pete Ebel

Type: sound

Venue: Deer Creek Music Center

Year: 1995

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Reviewer: bctopia - - June 14, 2024
Subject: A sad show....that sounds AWESOME 29 years later...

I saw the 1st Deercreek show in '89 and most of the others until this final show in '95. At the time, I recall being incredibly sad. Traveling with the ... circus had lost its appeal, the music had gone downhill, the band did not seem to be having fun, & the parking lots were ridiculously full of idiot kids in BMWs and fresh dyes looking for free tickets & drugs. We saw several shows that Summer, but after the 7/8 show at Soldier Field, we were sad enough to sell our Phil-Zone floor seats for what ended up being Jerry's "final show" on 7/9. To this day, I've had zero regrets.
At Deercreek a few days prior, we had planned for a 2-show run. This was my favorite midwest venue, all because of the Dead shows I'd seen there. In '95, the lameass kids, scumbags, & thieves took over & ruined everything by storming the gates & fences. This led to cops doing what they could to protect the venue, including teargas that unfortunately spread into the venue which impacted many fans who paid for tickets. The band played with the lights on for the rest of the show & night 2 was cancelled. It is worth nothing that out of the thousands of shows the Dead played over 30 years at that time, they cancelled less than a handful of shows, this was one of them.
Although the setlist for 7/2/1995 looked great on paper (with exception to Broken Arrow), I remember the show being mediocre, lacking energy, & fun. I was depressed at seeing my favorite venue destroyed by wannabe fans as teargas spread across the lawn. More so that my favorite past time with my favorite people and my favorite band and my favorite live music, was coming to an end. The fact that there's never been a proper soundboard in circulation speaks volumes. After Jerry passed away, I listened to an audience recording of the 2nd set but could not get through it. My verdict: 1995 sucked more than '94 & I would never listen to those years again (why would I).
Fast forward to last night when I stumbled upon this fine audience recording from Deercreek '95. Did I dare listen? YES - and I'm so happy I did. Despite being a soundboard snob, this is a delightful audience recording, well balanced, solid vocals, all instruments are clear, and very little crowd noise. What about the music? Geez, it sounds GREAT (and I don't say this lightly). Jerry's voice is strong, Bobby's guitar is solid (& he remembers every word to Desolation Row), Phil is thumping, the Rhythm Devils are doing their thing, & there are no Vince songs or new Bobby-cheddar songs (a blessing in my opinion). Is it as solid as Deercreek shows from '89-'91, surely not, but it's not far off. I'm still sad in listening to it, recognizing that these are the "final versions" of some of my favorite songs: Here Comes Sunshine, Walkin' Blues, Dire Wolf, It's All Over Now (smoker), Desolation Row, Tennessee Jed, Let it Grow, Scarlet Fire, Victim, It's All Too Much, New Speedway Boogie, Attics of My Life, & the Mighty Quinn. All of these are far from 'definitive' versions, but they all sound lovely to my ears 29 years later. I guess Deercreek '95 was a great show after all, many thanks to the taper for sharing this fine recording, and with all things Grateful Dead...."never say never".

Reviewer: turf727 - - December 13, 2017
Subject: 5 star AUD tape.

Yowza, this sounds good! Sounds like the mics are right on the speaker stacks.
This show was unique, to say the least. I have specific, fond memories ...

Reviewer: Donnie L. - - December 1, 2017
Subject: The best of a bad situation...

Hey Everyone,
I attended this show and ironically, out of my many concerts attended in my life; I felt unsafe at Grateful Dead show? I was in the Taper's ... Section when the back fence of the Deer Creek outdoor concert venue was crashed by out of control concert goers; I don't like to refer to them as "Deadheads". Maybe, this was the 1st "violent" protest by young left wing brats who screwed it up for the second Deer Creek show of the troubled summer 95 tour. (St. Louis, Mo. show had a deck collapse at a local campground inhabited by Deadheads, numerous deaths and injuries).
Years after Garcia's death fans learned that he had faced credible death threats from various disturbed individuals and the house lights stayed on the whole night during this show. Also, I recall a low flying police helicopter over the venue after the parking lot riot. Moreover, when approaching the entry to the venue I distinctly remember seeing a huge police presence AND riot police with K-9 dogs at the apex of the hill where the end of the fence of the Deer Creek structure. These irate bad apples had to storm uphill and engage the police since they had the high ground; I also recall hippie's dancing on the storage facility at the back of the venue; there were huge breaches in the fence where hundreds of people flowing like a exit or entry. At that point I felt nervous thinking where I am going to go, anyone remember the Who concert in Cincinnati in 1979? 11 people trampled to death… However, the Grateful Dead remain the composure and deliver a decent performance.
After numerous audience sources and a in ear monitor mix mono "soundboard" I like this source the best. It's not a "front of board" with tons of audience noise; it's a from the taper section but has a large presence and clear sound. Nice pro gear but the credit goes to Cutler from of house mix; the drums are so clear; they worked so hard on that sound and it pays off. The greatest thing about 1995 is the mixes and the PA sound was getting really good. I thought this was one of the best shows I heard for fidelity, it's a shame the next night got cancelled because I think it was going to be special. The vibe in the parking lot had been the "Dark Star" was going to played…that's probably why everyone went bonkers after Dire Wolf (1st appearance of the year, and somewhat a rarity ) I guess , the Grateful Dead made the best of a bad situation… "the darkness had got to give"

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